Phylogeny of Catenulida and support for Platyhelminthes

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 378-387

  Larsson, Karolina ^a   Jondelius, Ulf ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bilateria; Metazoa; Phylogeny; Ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

ACOELA; BILATERIA; CATENULIDA; LOPHOTROCHOZOA; METAZOA; NEMERTODERMATIDA; PLATYHELMINTHES;

EID: 65549115883     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: 16181077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ode.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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